Documentary Website
I stumbled onto this website that contains a large listing of free documentary’s that anyone can watch for free. Its legal and has a large listing of documentary’s on drugs, some which I can vouch are very good documentary’s. I suggest you check if out if you want to get some good information on the current views of drugs and their uses. There are also many other documentary’s on other subjects as well.
Check it out: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/watch-online/
Christian Räetsch - Youtube
I was referenced some great videos of Christian Räetsch who is the writer of many great books including “The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants” which is considered one of the greatest books on the subject. Over all they are great videos that deal with his research into the shaman world.
The Succubus Reconsidered: Sexuality in Sleep Paralysis
Ryan Hurd over at dreamstudies.org gives us another great article about sleep paralysis. In the artical he talks about the realtionship of the succubus and dreaming, other terms that the succubus is called, and the reasons why we may have these types of expereince while in sleep paralysis. Here is some of what he has to say:
The historic fears of succubi and incubi must be reconsidered in light of contemporary psychology. As the medical community disregarded the narratives of sleep paralysis until David Hufford’s ground-breaking work in the 1970s, we would be making the same mistake if we chalk up the old tales of sexual demons to “merely legend.”
Read more here
Taming the Night Mare
Ryan Hurd writes a new article called “Taming the Night mare” where he talks about some experiences of dreams where they are terribly fighting but can end out positive. He gives us the example of the visitation of a relative that may have passed away, and other instances much like that. Here is some of what he says:
Most people experience isolated sleep paralysis [ISP] at least once in their lives. This peculiar conscious vision state occurs at the boundaries of sleep, when we feel aware and awake. Sudden feelings of paralysis in bed — can’t move, can’t scream — give way to a terrifying encounter with a shadowy figure in the bedroom.
Sometimes the figure materializes — the Stranger — who may sit on the side of the bed or on your chest, and breath its putrid breath into your face as it glares with glowing red eyes. This phenomenon is known around the world by different names. The Hag Effect. Ghost oppression. Supernatural assault. The Succubus.
Read more over here
Notes From a Dreamer
I was reading around at some twitters and found a great blog on dreaming: Notes From a Dreamer. Its one of the few informative blogs that I have been able to find that are up-to-date. I recommend everyone checks it out. here
Sleep Paralysis Treatment – Dreams of Being Held Down
Ryan over at DreamStudies.org posted information about sleep paralysis and some good news about current treatments that are being done. He says he will post more about the current options, but leaves us with some good information of what sleep paralysis is. Sleep paralysis being one of the hot topics in my life and on this blog, its an important item to understand when dealing with lucid dreaming, and sleep in general. Here is some of what he has to say:
Sleep Paralysis is a troubling sleep condition that is deeply misunderstood in our culture. Experienced by millions as an incubus attack or being “ridden by a witch,” sleep paralysis (SP) has biological causes that are related to sleep hygiene, stress, and insomnia.
Visitation dreams: When the Veil between Worlds is Thin
Ryan over at dream studies gives us another great addition to his blog, this time about the dreams we experience and their references to the afterlife and past loved ones. I found it very intresting that he would be writing about such a topic as I was just talking a few days ago to a professor of mine about Robert Moss the writer of “The Dreamer’s Book of the Dead”. Here is a little of what Ryan has to say:
For hundreds of years, early November (conveniently poised between the Fall Equinox and the Winter Solstice) has been celebrated as a time of harvest and plenty, and also a time when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thin. Is it the death of summer, the lengthening nights, or the dark knowledge that some won’t make it through the hard winter to follow?
Read more over at dreamstudies.org
Opening to Energy with Entheogens, Part 1
Martin over at The Entheogenic Evolution posted another great podcast about his newest book “Being Human”. This time he talks about exploring energy with the use of entheogens. Here is some of what his podcast talks about:
This week I distinguish the methods of working with entheogens to explore energy from the practices of meditation and the dualism of shamanism and entheogenic religion as discussed in my new book, Being Human: An Entheological Guide to God, Evolution and the Fractal Energetic Nature of Reality
Check it out here
Dream Interpretation in Sufism Past and Present
Ryan over at dreamstudies.org posted another great article about how dream interpretation has been a large part of Sufism from the past and how it is currently being used. Here is a little of what Ryan has to say:
The reliance that Sufis place on dreams in their paths of spiritual progress is illustrated in a dream reported from the life of Imaam Abu Hamid al-Ghazzaalii (1058-1111). In Duncan B. Macdonald’s 19th century biography, it is said that Al-Ghazzaalii was beset by many personal struggles of a spiritual nature during certain phases of his religious studies.
You can read more at the Ryan’s website www.dreamstudies.org
Lucid Dreaming and Christianity: Entering the Light
Ryan over at Dreamstudies.org provides us another great read on “Lucid Dreaming and Christianity.” He does an excellent job in educating us in the past history of Christian religion and its references to lucid dreaming, and also on how the church has gone away from these beliefs. Here is a little about what he has to say:
The loudest voices of the lucid dreaming movement cite pleasure, power, and fulfilling fantasies as among the benefits of becoming more aware in our dreams. Unfortunately this popular expression has added fuel to the smoldering and historic distrust of dreams by many contemporary Christians, who are told that dreams can only be temptations of the Devil.
